Act and Laws in Kenya

(1) The court executing a decree sent to it shall have the same powers in executing such decree as if it had been passed by itself. (2) All persons disobeying or obstructing the execution of the decree shall be punishable by such court in the same manner as if it had passed the decree; and its...

(1) All questions arising between the parties to the suit in which the decree was passed, or their representatives, and relating to the execution, discharge or satisfaction of the decree, shall be determined by the court executing the decree and not by a separate suit. (2) The court may, subject...

Every transferee of a decree shall hold the same subject to the equities, if any, which the judgment-debtor might have enforced against the original decreeholder.

(1) Where a judgment-debtor dies before the decree has been fully satisfied, the holder of the decree may apply to the court which passed it to execute the same against the legal representative of such deceased, or against any person who has intermeddled with the estate of such deceased. (2) Where...

Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, the court may, on the application of the decree-holder, order execution of the decree— (a) by delivery of any property specifically decreed; (b) by attachment and sale, or by sale without attachment, of any property; (c) by...

(1) Where a decree is passed against a party as the legal representative of a deceased person, and the decree is for the payment of money out of the property of the deceased, it may be executed by the attachment and sale of any such property. (2) Where no such property remains in the possession of...

(1) A judgment-debtor may be arrested in execution of a decree at any hour and on any day, and shall as soon as practicable be brought before the court, and his detention may be in any prison of the district in which the court ordering the detention is situate, or, if such prison does not afford...

The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, fix scales of monthly allowances payable for the subsistence of a judgment-debtor.

(1) Every person detained in prison in execution of a decree shall be so detained— (a) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding one hundred shillings, for a period not exceeding six months; and (b) in any other case, for a period not exceeding six weeks: Provided that...

(1) At any time after a warrant for the arrest of a judgment-debtor has been issued, the court may cancel it on the ground of his serious illness. (2) Where a judgment-debtor has been arrested, the court may release him if in its opinion he is not in a fit state of health to be detained in prison....

(1) All property belonging to a judgment debtor, including property over which or over the profits of which he has a disposing power which he may exercise for his own benefit, whether that property is held in his name or in the name of another but on his behalf, shall be liable to attachment and...

(1) No person in executing any process under this Act directing or authorizing seizure of movable property shall enter any dwelling-house after sunset and before sunrise. (2) No outer door of a dwelling-house shall be broken open unless such dwelling-house is in the occupancy of the...

(1) Where property not in the custody of a court is under attachment in execution of decrees of more courts than one, the court which shall receive and realize that property and shall determine any claim thereto and any objection to the attachment thereof shall be the court of the highest grade, or,...

Where an attachment has been made, any private transfer or delivery of the property attached or of any interest therein, and any payment to the judgmentdebtor of any debt, dividend or other moneys contrary to such attachment, shall be void as against all claims enforceable under the attachment.

Where immovable property is sold in execution of a decree and the sale has become absolute, the property shall be deemed to have vested in the purchaser from the time when the property is sold and not from the time when the sale becomes absolute.

(1) No suit shall be maintained against any person claiming title under a purchase certified by the court in such manner as may be prescribed on the ground that the purchase was made on behalf of the plaintiff or on behalf of someone through whom the plaintiff claims. (2) Nothing in this section...

(1) Where assets are held by any court and more persons than one have before the receipt of such assets by such court lodged applications in court for the execution of decrees for the payment of money issued against the same judgment-debtor and have not obtained satisfaction thereof, the assets,...

Where the court is satisfied that the holder of a decree for the possession of immovable property, or that the purchaser of immovable property sold in execution of a decree, has been resisted or obstructed in obtaining possession of the property by the judgment-debtor or some other person on his...

Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, the court may issue a commission— (a) to examine any person; (b) to make a local investigation; (c) to examine or adjust accounts; or (d) to make a partition.

(1) A commission for the examination of any person may be issued by the High Court to any subordinate court or to any advocate, and by a subordinate court of the first or second class to any other subordinate court situate in a district other than the district in which the court of issue is situate...

In lieu of issuing a commission, the High Court or a subordinate court with the sanction of the High Court may issue a letter of request to examine a witness residing at any place outside Kenya.

Commissions issued by foreign courts for the examination of persons in Kenya shall be executed and returned in such manner as may be from time to time authorized by the High Court.

(1) Alien enemies residing in Kenya with the permission of the President, and alien friends, may sue in the courts of Kenya. (2) No alien enemy residing in Kenya without such permission, or residing in a foreign country, shall sue in any of such courts. Explanation.—Every person residing in a...

(1) A foreign state may sue in any court of Kenya, provided that state has been recognized by Kenya, and provided the object of the suit is to enforce a private right vested in the head of that state or in any officer of that state in his public capacity. (2) Every court shall take judicial notice...

Where two or more persons claim adversely to one another the same debt, sum of money or other property, movable or immovable, from another person, who claims no interest therein other than for charges or costs and who is ready to pay or deliver it to the rightful claimant, such other person may...

All references to arbitration by an order in a suit, and all proceedings thereunder, shall be governed in such manner as may be prescribed by rules.

(1) There shall be a Mediation Accreditation Committee which shall be appointed by the Chief Justice. (2) The Mediation Accreditation Committee shall consist of— (a) the chairman of the Rules Committee; (b) one member nominated by the Attorney-General; (c) two members nominated by the Law...

(1) The Court may— (a) on the request of the parties concerned; or (b) where it deems it appropriate to do so, or (c) where the law so requires, direct that any dispute presented before it be referred to mediation. (2) Where a dispute is referred to mediation under subsection (1), the...

(1) A suit may be referred to any other method of dispute resolution where the parties agree or the Court considers the case suitable for such referral. (2) Any other method of alternative dispute resolution shall be governed by such procedure as the parties themselves agree to or as the Court...

All agreements entered into with the assistance of qualified mediators shall be in writing and may be registered and enforced by the Court.